Breezy Point, Warren, N.H.
1894
June 28
(No 2)                                                                                                                           
  After tea [?Faxou?] and I walked down the valley                                     
again. As we approached the sugar maple grove we                                      
heard two or more Woodcock making the wheezy                                          
sound (a lisping Tse-e-e-e) noted last evening.             
They seemed to be just over the fence under the
trees. As we were standing still listening a 
Woodcock, coincidentally an old bird, rose from the
spot whence the sound came and crossed the 
wood and a bit of open field to the lower grove
flying very slowly and feebly with dangling legs
(a very Rail - like flight) quacking much like a 
drake Black Duck but less loudly (quar-quar-quar-
quar-quar-quar) six or eight times. Her wings
made no sound during this flight but when 
we followed and futher up again she went
off like a bullet with legs drawn up whistling
shrilly - a normal flight in every way.
  Immediately after her first flight another
Woodcock which we did not see rose and
whistled off. The wheezy sound was heard for
a minute or two after this but it soon
ceased. We did not see any other birds but
we assumed that the pair which flew were
adults and that their young were making 
the wheezing sound. It is very like the calls of
a young Partridge. I do not think that the
birds could have been aware of our presence when 
we first heard them for [deleted]they[deleted] we were concealed
by a belt of shrubbery & ferns and a rail fence
and we approached the spot quietly.